Swindon Magistrates' Court latest results and cases
The following cases were heard at Swindon Magistrates Court earlier this week.
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The following cases were heard at Swindon Magistrates Court earlier this week.
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A MAN who beat up his partner in the Debenham’s car park has been spared jail – despite previous convictions covering 147 offences.
He was already on a suspended sentence for a string of burglaries
Russell Bastow's 2012 custody shot Picture: WILTSHIRE POLICE THE ASHES of a burglary victim’s father were said to have been tipped over in a ransacking of a Swindon home. The man in the dock for that burglary, repeat offender Russell Bastow, denies scattering the ashes – but admits breaking into the Homington Avenue property on September 29. Together with another man, who has never been identified, he stole £700, two watches, a handbag, jewellery and a set of underwear. Bastow, 41, had expected to be sentenced on Thursday at Swindon Crown Court. But Judge Peter Crabtree put the c...